Christmas at the Front – Merry Christmas 2014!
I’d like to wish all my readers and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Please take a moment to count your blessings and to spare a thought […]
Chums in the Hut: The 16th Battalion at Lark Hill Camp
This is the seventh in a series of articles highlighting the experiences of Private John Denholm of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) during the First World War. Articles will be published on the 100th anniversary of each event […]
Who Goes There? 131st (Westminster) Battalion in 1916
I recently found this wonderful panoramic photograph of the 131st Battalion taken at Vernon Camp in the summer of 1916. At 45-inches long it provides a sweeping view of the tented […]
Update: The First Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plain
Last month I featured a postcard of Canadian soldiers marching through the streets of Amesbury. The photograph was taken by Thomas Lionel Fuller and I surmised that it was taken in […]
Three members of the 54th Battalion positively identified
In June I published an article, Who Goes There? 54th Kootenay Battalion at Vernon Camp, which featured three panoramic photographs by Vancouver photographer Harold Smith. I have since been contacted by family […]
The First Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plain
One hundred years ago 33,000 men of the First Canadian Contingent were encamped on Salisbury Plain. On the southern edge, very near Stonehenge lies Amesbury in Wiltshire. Although this photograph […]
On board H.M.T Andania with the 14th & 16th Battalions CEF
This is the sixth in a series of articles highlighting the experiences of Private John Denholm of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) during the First World War. Articles will be published on the 100th anniversary of each event […]
Who Goes There? Macalpine Studio miniature photographs
I’ve sifted through hundreds, if not thousands, of First World War studio portraits but these are unusual in that they measure a mere 1 3/4″ x 3 3/8″. They are printed […]
The First Canadian Contingent Prepares to Sail
This is the fifth in a series of articles highlighting the experiences of Private John Denholm of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) during the First World War. Articles will be published on the 100th anniversary of each event […]
16th Battalion CEF boards H.M.T. Andania bound for Plymouth
This is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting the experiences of Private John Denholm of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) during the First World War. Articles will be published on the 100th anniversary of each event […]
Doing Our Bit 